2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$372,800
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,089,320
Entries
757
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
307
Players Left
114

Shalaev Sends Out Phung

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Helmut Phung raised to 8,000 from the cutoff before Danil Shalaev reraised from the button to 22,000. Phung then moved all in for around 100,000 and Shalaev snap-called.

Helmut Phung: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Danil Shalaev: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

Phung had run right into Shalaev's pocket aces, and the {a-Spades}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} flop left him nearly drawing dead as Shalaev flopped a full house. The board ran out {k-Spades}{7-Spades} and Phung gave Shalaev a fist pump before the Warm Up finalist headed to the rail as one of the first bustouts since the end of late registration.

Player Chips Progress
Danil Shalaev
Danil Shalaev
400,000
Helmut Phung de
Helmut Phung
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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